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The learning curve for laparoscopic hernia repair
1University Department of Surgery, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, Scotland.
Seminars in Laparoscopic Surgery
|December 17, 1998
Abstract:
As with other laparoscopic procedures, the learning curve for laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair is longer than most surgeons anticipated. This, combined with a lack of familiarity with the preperitoneal anatomy and the simultaneous adoption of open tension-free hernioplasty, has made it difficult for surgeons to sustain enthusiasm for the laparoscopic hernia repair.